Ex-pĕnse, n.

n. [Lat. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, from expensus, p. p. of expendere; Sp. expensas, pl., L. Lat. spensa, It. spesa. See supra.]

1. The act of expending, laying out, or consuming by using; disbursement; outlay; consumption.
2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; as, the expenses of war.

I shall not spend a large expense of time. Shak.